Greystones railway station

Greystones Na Clocha Liatha
Greystones railway station
Location
Place	Greystones
Local authority	County Wicklow
Coordinates	53°08′37″N 6°03′38″W / 53.1435°N 6.0606°W / 53.1435; -6.0606Coordinates: 53°08′37″N 6°03′38″W / 53.1435°N 6.0606°W / 53.1435; -6.0606
Operations
Station code	141
Platforms in use	2
History
30 October 1855	Opened
30 March 1964	Goods services cease
10 April 2000	Line electrified
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Greystones railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Na Clocha Liatha) is a railway station in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is the southern terminus of the DART electrified rail network. The station has two platforms. There are also sidings to the east of the station.

History

The station was opened on 30 October 1855 by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway as Greystones & Delgany.^[1] It was later renamed Greystones.

Construction of the electrification and extension of the DART services to Greystones began in 1995 and was completed in 1999. The DART service to Greystones commenced on 10 April 2000.

Station Building

Entrance to the station building is only possible from the Main Street. The station houses one retail unit, currently occupied by an estate agent, a ticket office and two electronic ticket machines. Toilets are also available on Platform 1.

Platforms

The station has two platforms; platform 1 on the west side of the station (where the station building is located) and platform 2 over the footbridge on the east side of the station. Platform 2 is used only a few times a day, when DART and Intercity services are in the station at the same time.

Services/Routes

The typical service from the station (Monday to Friday off-peak) is:

• 2tph (trains per hour) to Howth or Malahide via Bray Daly and Dublin Connolly
• 4tpd (trains per day) to Rosslare Europort via Arklow
• 1tpd to Wexford O'Hanrahan via Arklow
• 5tpd to Dublin Connolly via Bray Daly (services from south of Greystones)

2tph also terminate at the station.

Preceding station	Iarnród Éireann			Following station
Bray Daly		Intercity Dublin-Rosslare Line		Kilcoole
		Commuter South Eastern Commuter
Bray Daly		DART Trans-Dublin		Terminus
	Disused railways
Bray Cove Halt		Dublin and South Eastern Railway Dublin-Rosslare		Kilcoole & Newtownmountkennedy

Road Transport

There are two bus stops directly outside the station, one for northbound routes and the other for southbound. Two operators serve the station; Aircoach operate a route to Dublin Airport from Charlesland, while Dublin Bus route's 84 and 84x to Newcastle and Blackrock and route 184 to Bray, Delgany, Kilpedder and Newtownmountkennedy also serve the station.

External links

• Irish Rail Greystones Station Website

References